dense

dense, épais

Dont les éléments sont très proches, ou qui contient beaucoup de matière dans peu d’espace.

En anglais simple : Having many parts close together, or a lot of material in a small space.

• The forest is very dense.
• Dense fog covered the road this morning.
• This wood is dense and surprisingly heavy.

Synonymes : thick, compact, closely packed

Contraires : sparse, thin

Expressions courantes : dense forest, dense fog, dense material, dense vegetation

dense, touffu

Qui concentre beaucoup d’idées dans peu d’espace et demande un effort pour être compris.

En anglais simple : Containing many ideas in little space, so it takes effort to understand.

• The book's language is dense.
• I struggled to follow the dense argument.
• Her essay is dense with references to earlier research.

Comment l'utiliser : dense with something (The report is dense with technical information.)

Synonymes : complex, packed

Contraires : simple

Expressions courantes : dense prose, dense text, dense with ideas, dense academic writing

bête, borné

Qui comprend lentement les choses ; c’est une façon blessante de décrire quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : Slow to understand things; used as an unkind description of someone.

• Don't be so dense!
• I felt dense when I finally understood the joke.
• He called me dense for asking the same question again.

Synonymes : stupid, thick, slow

Contraires : clever, bright

Expressions courantes : be dense, so dense, a dense person, rather dense